Agtech Innovation Hub Awards Inaugural Research Projects


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If you've ever wondered what it's like to be a farmer in the 21st century, Ohio State University may have just the thing for you.

The school's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, in a multimillion-dollar collaboration with Nationwide Insurance, has awarded five innovative research projects with funding from the AgTech Innovation Hub, a kind of "Shark Tank"-like format in which researchers pitch their ideas to a panel of judges, reports the Columbus Dispatch.

The winning projects, which will last for a year, include: Drought risk reduction: With increased extreme weather events like flooding on farm fields, effective water management for farmers and producers often means installing drainage tiles on their farm fields.

Using an app on their phone or computer, a farmer could program their outlet gates to open, close, and respond automatically to these levels.

The project hopes to evaluate the impact of this technology by looking at the content, quality, and volume of water in experimental fields equipped with the drainage system.

Pathogen Interactions: Researchers plan to study how artificial intelligence can predict crop yield differences as it relates to weather.

Cell-Permeable Protein: Biopesticide for disease control and growth promotion in tomato crops, both those grown using hydroponics

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